Stamps without a country name present a special identity …
Most collectors understand that Great Britain’s stamps are identified by having a likeness of the reigning monarch, and without the name of the country. This tradition began with the world’s first adhesive postage stamp, which was issued in May 1840 and bore a portrait of Queen Victoria.
Identifying Asian stamps if you don’t know the language: …
4.3.2016 · A helpful clue to identifying Manchukuo stamps is the currency in fen, a unit of Japanese currency. West of Manchuria is Mongolia, whose first stamps, issued in 1924, did not have the country’s name. Instead, Vajra of Indra (or the …
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11.3.2010 · I am trying to compile a list of any other countries that have issued stamps without the country name, I know there are many since 1840. Here to start is a modern oddity, Tokelau, issued in 1999, Scott #277. Sure the name is …